Mapledurham
Mapledurham is a small village, civil parish and country estate beside the River Thames in southern Oxfordshire, England.
Mapledurham is a small village, civil parish and country estate beside the River Thames in southern Oxfordshire, England. The parish borders Caversham, the most northerly district of Reading, Berkshire. Historic buildings in the area include the Church of England parish church of St. Margaret, Mapledurham Watermill and Mapledurham House.
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Worth seeing in and around Mapledurham
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tilehurst Water Tower
Tilehurst Water Tower is a distinctive water tower in Tilehurst, a suburb of the English town and borough of Reading. It lies on a ridgeline at the highest point of both the borough and the town, with its base at 100 metres AMSL. Together with its own intrinsic height, this makes it a prominent landmark that can be seen from a considerable distance, especially when approaching Reading from the west along the M4 motorway.
3.8 km · water tower in Tilehurst, Reading, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02McIlroy Park
McIlroy Park is a 12-hectare urban park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. Round Copse is an adjoining 1.7-hectare local nature reserve.
2.5 km · public park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 03
- 04Arthur Newbery Park
Arthur Newbery Park is a park in Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire. It is named after Arthur Newbery, who donated the land in 1932.
2.1 km · public park in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 05Brock Barracks
Brock Barracks is a British Army barracks in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Located on Oxford Road in the district of West Reading.
3.8 km · military building in Reading, Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Michael
St. Michael's Church, Tilehurst, is the parish church of Tilehurst in the English county of Berkshire.
3.8 km · church in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Reading Festival Bridge
The Reading Festival bridge is a temporary footbridge over the River Thames near Reading, Berkshire. First built in 2008, the bridge is installed annually for the Reading Festival to allow access to the main festival site from camping and parking on the north side of the river.
2.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom built for the final weekend in August most years and removed shortly afterwards. · Wikipedia - 08McIlroy Park and Round Copse
McIlroy Park is a 12-hectare urban park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. Round Copse is an adjoining 1.7-hectare local nature reserve.
2.5 km · public park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 09Hardwick House
Hardwick House is a Tudor house on the banks of the River Thames on a slight rise at Whitchurch-on-Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is reputed to have been the inspiration for E. H. Shepard's illustrations of Toad Hall in the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, although this is also claimed by Mapledurham House, Fowey Hall Hotel, Foxwarren Park and Fawley Court.
1.4 km · Grade I listed English country house in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Whitchurch Bridge
Whitchurch Bridge is a toll bridge that carries the B471 road over the River Thames in England. It links the villages of Pangbourne in Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames in Oxfordshire – crossing the river just downstream of Whitchurch Lock.
3.3 km · bridge between West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire, England,UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mapledurham
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 63 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 70 km
- Stations
- Tilehurst railway station, 1.6 km · Pangbourne railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Mapledurham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Mapledurham61 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Mapledurham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £7–9
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mapledurham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mapledurham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe local authority has published a cycle map, which shows off-road and low-traffic routes around the town.
From Wikivoyage: Reading (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Mapledurham
Mapledurham is 6 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pangbournevillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Purley on Thamesvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, United Kingdom800 m
- Sulhama village located in West Berkshire, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Tidmarshvillage in Berkshire, England, UK4 km
- Kidmore Endvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England4 km
- Whitchurch-on-Thamesvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England3.4 km